Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour…

Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.

— Loretta Young

Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and self-absorption. But…

— Sherry Turkle

I began to go into samadhi, not just occasionally, but every day many times a day until I reached a point where I could…

— Frederick Lenz

“Because of anger-pride-deceit-greed, selfishness [self-interest] remains and consequently one has no awareness of who dies or who takes birth. It is simply a wrong…

— Dada Bhagwan

If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?"…

— Bernie Siegel

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and…

— Paul Valery

Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them. But can…

— David Foster Wallace

“Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Love. Help with no expectations. Destroy selfishness, self... At the end of our lives, I believe the soul will be asked, "What did you…

— Misty Upham

So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we are suffering,…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming…

— William Lashner

I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already…

— David Chase

There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking…

— Eric Hoffer

In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle